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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
By the way, George Ryan was one of the last liberal Republicans. He is anti-death penalty, pro-gay rights and pro-choice. I don't see how the mention or failure to mention his party affiliation has anything to do with a bias, though.
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The irony is that the Time reporter inked the current Illinois governor to a scandal investigation and labelled him as a "democrat". early in a report of Ryan's conviction on all 18 counts.
Please post an example of another high ranking pol who is convicted of criminal charges related to political corruption, where only the opposition party is named and associated in the same news reporting, with criminal activity.
The Washington press avoided coverage of the reason that house rules committee chair, David Dreier was passed over as majority leader after Tom Delay resigned late last year. A liberal press would probably report that Dreier is in a 25 year relationship with his male shief of staff, that they are housemates, and that Dreier pays his life partner the highest allowable salary, higher than all others who serve other house members in that position, the same $160,000 salary that is paid to the white house COS.
The liberal, MSM press didn't see or report this "news", either:
A liberal press would report that RNC chair Ken Mehlman is a homosexual. They would report that long time RNC finance director Jay Banning, and RNC No.2 political affairs official Dan Gurley both admitted to being gay.....but no MSM news organization reports any of this.
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9/27/2004
No. 2 political director for RNC says he’s gay, won’t comment on policy
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Daniel Gurley, the National Field Director and deputy political director for the Republican National Committee confirmed that he was gay during a telephone conversation Sunday, and declined to answer questions about the party’s platform, which many see as homophobic.
Gurley, who is the number two political official in the Republican National Committee, joins the RNC’s Chief Financial Officer Jay Banning as the second senior party official to discuss their sexuality while refusing to speak about policy decisions.
<b>Both have been confronted by activist Mike Rogers, whose outing campaign has already targeted two gay congressmen who have voted against measures allowing gay couples to marry and adopt children.</b>
Gurley said he would not speak about anti-gay marriage flyers the party admitted mailing in the south. As National Field Director, he would have a hand in political mailings.....
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Time Warner, GE/NBC, Disney/ABC, Viacom/CBS, and other publicly traded media giants have no incentive to harbor or even tolerate a liberal bias in their news reporting.
The hypocrisy of the republican party positiioning itself as the "anti-gay" party to appease the Christian right, while, in the 2004 campaign, it's key national officials and the most prominent media telecast spokesman (Dreier) for that party in the house of representatives, were themselves, gay, was not reported by any of the above mentioned corporate media conglomerates.
The republican party, in the national 2004 presidential campaign avoided being challenged as to the validity and sincerity of one of the centerpieces of it's national campaign strategy....a campaign against gay unions, heralded by the POTUS as worthy of a constitutional amendment to "protect the sanctity of marriage". Wouldn't that have been an opportune time for the MSM to interview the RNC's Mehlman, Gurley, and Banning, and ask them about their own sexual orientation and their own views on the anit-gay campaign strategy?
In the fall of 2004, David Dreier's congressional race opponent admitted that she was a lesbian and challenged Dreier to "come out". Why was her campaign and challenge to Dreier, ignored by the MSM press?
<b>Why does the press avoid all coverage of Bush's adult, twin daughters? Are they alive? Has either twin, one year after graduating from college, gotten a job? If not, how are their job searches progressing? Are they frustrated by the length of time it has taken to find a job?</b>
Both Bush twins took the stage at the RNC convention in NYC in Sept., 2004. They engaged in public, partisan political speech in a high profile, nationally televised venue. The MSM press and the public could observe that Barbara and Jenna Bush were both articulate adults. A liberal MSM press would have initiated news coverage of the twins, at that point. Now, 19 months later, can anyone post a report about either of the twins? If you are old enough to recall news coverage of Jack and Susan Ford, Amy Carter, or Chelsea Clinton, you can see the contrast that I'm describing.
Remember the news coverage of Billy Carter or Roger Clinton?
Has anyone seen a photo of president Bush's sister, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Bush">Dorothy,</a> or a quote? How about a photo of Bush's brother, Marvin, or much covergae of the fact that his longtime housekeeper was run over and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46190-2003Oct5">killed by her own car,</a> in Marvin's driiveway?